American idol contestant Antonella Barba was all the rage earlier this week when nude photos of the ‘American idol vixen’ appeared all over Internet websites. Many wondered if the lovely New Jersey girl would get the boot early in the competition because of the pics. Add to that, her performance during week one wasn’t very good. She performed the Aerosmith song “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” on Wednesday night’s show, and it’s more accurate to say that it was flat out awful.

But with the pictures floating around she received enough votes to keep her on the show, despite judge Simon Cowell predicting her demise. Barba appeared stunned when she was told Thursday night by host Ryan Seacrest that she was not among the four contestants from the group of 24 who would be going home this week. The lowest vote-getters – Paul Kim, Amy Krebs, Nicole Tranquillo and Rudy Cardenas – were told they had been voted off the show.

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And now, AOL Entertainment website TMZ.Com reports that everyone is looking for the ‘Jersey girl’s’ photos. The celebrity site reports that Barba is what everyone’s curious about. Even with Anna Nicole and Britney dominating the headlines, the search was on for Antonella Barba. That helps the young gal’s chances on idol, it certainly doesn’t hurt.

If she can just hold her own and skip songs like the last effort, she should hang around for a few more weeks on looks alone. She has zero shot at the title but so far she is the most interesting story – thanks to those photos.

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The photos are not safe for work but are here. And now another set of photos have emerged that are even more explicit. Those photos are also not safe for work and are here.